You could actually remove that burden by taking a very significant step in solving that issue.

I support Robert McDowell's nomination. I think the President has sent us a nomination that is a solid nomination of someone well qualified.

I have introduced legislation with Senator Snowe and others on this Committee to require the Commission to work with NTIA on a comprehensive spectrum inventory.

I think you are going to see some of the biggest challenges that we have faced in this field.

I think this Commission now with a full complement of Commissioners will be making decisions that will have a profound impact on what the American people see, hear and read in the coming years.

I am going to support both nominees.

We're finally going to have an FCC with all five members seated, present and willing to debate and vote on issues.

We need more transparency, more openness, in policy development.

it seems to me that we need to fix that, and fix that soon, because there's no reason to know everything that you can know about the airplane, but not the pilot that's flying the airplane.

you ought to know the same about the pilot that you know about the plane

we should address the issue rather than ignore the issue.

I'm a lot less interested in what regulations are in force versus how regulations are enforced.